Polymorphism at codon 554 of the human Ah receptor: Different allelic frequencies in Caucasians and Japanese and no correlation with severity of TCDD induced chloracne in chemical workers

Pharmacogenetics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 777-780

  Wanner, R ^a,d   Zober, A ^b   Abraham, K ^c   Kleffe, J ^a   Henz, B M ^c   Wittig, B ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Inst Molekularbiologie Biochem F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ah receptor; Dioxin; Polymorphism; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIOXIN;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CHLORACNE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033429278     PISSN: 0960314X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008571-199912000-00013     Document Type: Article

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